Bam fu vs Visual Pinball
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bam fu
A chaotic, local multiplayer game where players battle for control of pebbles by tapping them to change their color. The first to win five rounds by capturing the majority of pebbles secures victory. It's designed for 2-4 players on a single device.
- Local multiplayer for 2-4 players
- Single device gameplay
- Pebble color capture mechanic
- Fast-paced action
- Universal app support
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HANDS CLASH IN CHAOS in Game Oven's Bam fu, a game for two-, three- or four people on one device. Everyone is fighting over the same pebbles. Physical contact is totally part of this game. ------/ HOW IT WORKS /------ Each player fights for her own color. Pebbles loop through the colors of the players when you tap them. Make the majority of the pebbles your color and win the round. Win five rounds and you’ve secured your victory. ------/ VICTORY STRATEGIES /------ Be super quick. Block arms, push hands and squeeze fingers. Act like a kung-fu master. Protect your pebbles from being snatched. Play against slow people. (Works every time!) ------/ ALSO IMPORTANT /------ ~ Cut your nails. ~ Wash your hands. ~ Bam fu is a Universal App with support for iPhone 3GS and higher, iPad 1 and higher and iPod 3 and higher. ~ To use 4 or more fingers simultaneously in all your Apps, turn off Multitasking Gestures in the General Settings of your device.
Visual Pinball
Enjoy a realistic pinball simulation with hundreds of community-created tables. Experience immersive haptic feedback and customize your gameplay with intuitive settings and controller support. Advanced options are available for power users.
- Hundreds of community-developed tables
- Haptic feedback for immersive gameplay
- Customizable settings and POV adjustments
- Game controller support
- External DMD and AltColor/AltSound support
- Touch overlay and instructions
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The official Visual Pinball app. Built by volunteers since 2000 and open source since 2010, Visual Pinball is the simulator the virtual pinball community has been playing for over two decades. More than 70 people have contributed to it, and this app runs the same engine as the desktop version, so every table plays with the physics, lighting and sound its creator intended. No ads. No in-app purchases. No tracking. Made by volunteers. Two years of work from the Visual Pinball volunteers, in one update. Thank you for your patience, and for playing! A FRESH NEW LOOK • Redesigned for iOS 26 with Liquid Glass • Favorites and recently played tables at the top of your list • Search, sorting and three tile sizes • Light, Dark or System appearance • New loading screen that shows progress THE FULL DESKTOP EXPERIENCE • The complete Visual Pinball in-game menu for graphics, sound, controls and table options • Remap every button on keyboards and game controllers • Save settings for every table, or just the one you're playing MORE TABLES, LOOKING BETTER • Show the backglass and score display (DMD, alphanumeric or reels) on screen, right where you want them • Support for PUP packs, FlexDMD, B2S backglasses, video playback and VNI colorizations • All the latest physics and rendering improvements from the desktop version • Much lower memory use: textures are compressed on first load, then cached EASIER TABLE MANAGEMENT • Import .zip files, along with .vpx and .vpxz • Share any table as a single .vpxz file • The web file manager can now upload whole folders, extract archives, edit scripts and settings, and show the log live AND MORE • Many stability and memory fixes This version requires iOS 26.6 or later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Visual Pinball at Free against Bam fu's $0.99. Visual Pinball also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (73 vs 2). Bam fu's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 12 months) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 26.6). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Visual Pinball is free to download; Bam fu costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Visual Pinball holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visual Pinball has 73 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Bam fu's written reviews are positive against 79% of Visual Pinball's.
Bam fu ships an update every 2 weeks, Visual Pinball every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bam fu | Visual Pinball |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.0 (2 ratings) | 4.3 (73 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.6% of reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 73 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 26.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 120 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Adriaan de Jongh | Jason Millard |
Customer experience
Bam fu
Visual Pinball
Bugs and requests
Bam fu
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Visual Pinball
Reported bugs
2 issues- Tables don't load for some users
- Certain complex/intensive tables error out or run at low FPS
Requested features
6 requests- List of most played tables
- Ability to reposition DMD
- Option to skip startup checks for some tables
- Ability to edit table scripts on the app
- Direct link to table depository
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- iPad version with more screen space
In-app purchases
Bam fu
No in-app purchases
Visual Pinball
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Bam fu free?
Is Visual Pinball free?
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Do Bam fu or Visual Pinball have ads?
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